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Parker's Modern Wills Precedents, 7th Edition

By Michael Waterworth
Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing) April 2011

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781847666888
Publisher
Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
Publication
April 2011
Format
Hardback + CD-ROM , 340 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Includes a CD-Rom of precedents

Now you can draft wills quickly and confidently with this trusted and great value resource

Recommended by the Institute of Professional Willwriters, Parker’s Modern Wills Precedents is a well established and highly regarded publication, renowned for its clarity of drafting. The new 7th edition provides private client solicitors and professional will draftsmen with a thorough understanding and working knowledge of the will drafting process and, as a result, the ability to draft better wills.

In recent years private client drafting and advisory work has seen rapid and far-reaching changes. With Parker’s Modern Wills Precedents by your side, you can rest assured that you’ll have the most up to date and reliable precedents available. This book includes:

 
  • A comprehensive collection of precedents aimed at anyone who needs to draft wills
  • A variety of precedents for individual clauses as well as a set of complete wills catering for different scenarios
  • An emphasis on clarity, practicality and simplicity, so you can quickly draft legally sound wills for a variety of circumstances
  • Notes and guidance on drafting and additional materials, including letters, support materials and extracts from relevant legislation
  • Advice on inheritance tax mitigation, post-death rearrangements and oaths for executors
  • All the precedents on CD-Rom so you can quickly and easily copy, paste and edit them to your clients requirements


This resource will help you to improve your precedents, draft better, more up-to-date wills and provide your clients with a more comprehensive service.

Re-drafted precedents to reflect the recent changes

 
  • The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 and its affect on will drafting both by providing a unique perpetuity period of 125 years and abolishing the rule against excessive accumulations
  • The introduction of transferable nil-rate bands between spouses and civil partners (Finance Act 2008)
  • Significant changes to the inheritance tax treatment of trusts brought about by Finance Act 2006

 
 

Table of Contents

  • Introduction;
  • General considerations;
  • Opening and revocation;
  • Declarations concerning joint, mutual and reciprocal Wills;
  • Declarations

Part I

  • Appointment of executors and trustees;
  • Appointment of testamentary guardians;
  • Legacies;
  • Specific gifts of chattels and other personal property;
  • Specific gifts of real property and rights of occupation;
  • Residuary gifts;
  • Powers of executors and trustees;
  • Declarations

Part II;

  • Attestation;
  • Inheritance tax mitigation;
  • Complete Wills;
  • Single adults;
  • Wills for married couples or civil partners with no children;
  • Wills for married couples or civil partners with children;
  • Unmarried couples with children;
  • Second marriages or civil partnerships;
  • Variations after death;
  • Oaths for executors;
  • Letters and other support materials;

Appendix

About the Author

The author, Michael Waterworth, is a barrister with many years experience specialising in trusts, tax planning, wills, probate, the administration of estates and family provision.

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